Horizon Report p. 10-11

1.  What does the author say about learning styles and the evidence for their use in determining learning strategies? (Do not insert any opinion unless you back it up with multiple refereed journal articles as sources.)  

This blog indicates that there is no credible evidence that learning styles even exist.  There does not seem to be a link between a student retaining information better because the information was presented in their preferred mode.  Also, the inventories used to assess a student's preferred mode of learning have been deemed to be invalid and are composed of answer choices that a student is forced to choose because their best answer wasn't an option.  

2.  Choose one of the seven ways to give students choice and describe how you will implement this in your classroom using technology.

Summative projects are a great way to assess student learning, but teachers have a hard time letting children take the lead in the educational process.  A volcano is a volcano, so does it really matter how the student presents the material?  In my classroom, I will let my students present their knowledge through a medium of their choice, such as a Google Slide presentation, iMovie, blog post, rap song recorded in Garage Band, or a Voki speech.  In this way my students have a voice in their learning and an outlet to be creative.